Character picture



Dec. 4, 1951 P. A. RILEY CHARACTER PICTURE Filed Aug. 4, 1949 INVENTOR B PHILIP A. RILEY fwmlm ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 4, .195i

, :2577.279 husa-Acilia momma v Philip 4A. iiaiieamamn, ohio, assigner .tin ane 'aDlly nmpaany', Tipp Citta shio, ga *.cox'fpo L 'fltationzoihio l'llaims- Y y l l .'Ivhis L@invention relates @to a character-picture, .and particularly `=to a 'picture iin lwhich theme or :story -is portrayed gby means -ofindividual characters vthat are Larrangedfina picture-group for pictorial Aportrayal l of =a story or 'rt/heme.

vlin-object. of the iinventioniis to fprovide -a -picture fgrouploffcharactersarranged :ing-.a :particular orjder 'fby Awhich -.a central theme 1 or @story twill -ibe portrayed iby 2the arrangementfof the ...characters of ithe picturelgroup It is another :objectief itheflinvention sto `:provide a character-picture in accordance with the foregoingaobject ,wherein the characters of the picture give a third dimensional effect to the picture when arrangediin-apicture'group.

lIt is still Lanother obiect -.of vithefginventiori to provide a character-picture ineeerdancetwith the foregoing objects .wherein .the individual charactersf'of lthetpicture group are provided with hangingameans for the characters by which L:each of Azthem will Thang .in .a-predetermined :attitude to establish sardeterinined. character. arrangement Ofithe charactersandigivefa predeterminedfartistic'iflare '.to :the picture .group V.when hungv kon fa wall.' f

:Further .pbiects Nand -a'dvantagesi will become apparent from the `drawings .and :followingdescription.

In the drawings:

l'igurel isga perspective'lviewfoffa corner fof a nursery room in which a character-picture of this invention is suspended on a wall of the room.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the character-picture of this invention.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional View of the moon taken along line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the cow taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of one of the musical notes taken along line 5-5 of Figure l.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional View of the cat taken along line 6 6 of Figure 1.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a character-,picture consisting of a group of characters that are adapted to be suspended on a wall of a room so that'when the group of characters is arranged in a particular arrangement of characters there will be portrayed a central theme or story. Pictures have been used to illustrate stories, and books of pictures can be found in which pictures are printed on paper sheets and bound in book form to give to stories a pictorial portrayal of the words of the story that accompany the picture. y

In this invention the conventional printed page is forgotten and instead the character pic- Y trays :the fnursery ture -is-constructed Jin such a manner that the characters yof the picture 1are -hung von a wall of a room Ain a `predetermined artistic attitude with respect Lto each other, and which-characters, when suspendedon a :wall of a room, will give lto the .picture :a :thirddimensional effect.

The character-picture illustrated herein por-v \rhyme The fCat V.and the InFigure l.'l-fthe :character-.picture is illustrated in tl'lefmanrrer inwhichfitis suspendedfonfazwall of 1.a room, and :since 'the ,-ch-aracteh-picturesis .the kportrayal of a nursery irhyme, :a :corner v0i. :a nursery is illustrated in Figure 1.

:To portray tthe inurseryzrhyme fThe Cat and the Fiddle -the characterfpicture .consists `of three principal characters of the nursery frhyme, the icat 111,the1cow 'rlil andthe moon 112. The cat I-Bds illustrated: as splayingfafiddle with the musical inet-,es t3 Acoming ffrom the fiddle Each-,of thercharacters, andeachfof themusical notes, :gare suspended fon the Wall of 4a yroom individually fand :are .1a-ranged iin `the ygroup .arranggment to illustrate the nursery rhyme that a the lcazplayed :the .ddleg the :cow jumped overathermoon.

.fEigu-re illustrates #the individual :characters heavy mager lamina, as illustrated :by the cross section in Figure 6. The individual lamina Illa that comprise the body of the cat I0 are die cut to the shape of the cat illustrated in Figure 2. The lamina are then assembled together in stacked arrangement with all edges in alignment, and with adhesive applied between the lamina to secure them together.

Each of the lamina Illa are provided with a hole Ib that is located in the body of the lamina at a point so that the cat Will assume the attitude illustrated in Figure 2 when suspended on" a nail lin a wall, the nail head being retained in the hole lb. For example, the hole Ib is located just above the left eye of the cat.

The front lamina I0c of the cat I0 is die cut to the shape of the body of the cat in the same manner as the lamina 10a, but the hole lb is not cut in the front lamina |00. Thus, when the lamina Ia and IUc are assembled together, a clean hole Illb is provided through the body of the cat with the exception of the front lamina l0c.

The art work for the cat Il) is placed on the front lamina IUc, being either printed directly on the lamina or applied as 'a separate sheet by means of adhesive.

the musical notes I3 are constructed in the same mannervas thecat I0. The cow is provided with a hanging hole Hb placed in the ribbon bow" on the neck of the cow so that it will hang in.

the attitude illustrated in Figure 2. Similarly,

the moon I2 is provided with the hanging hole` 12a and the musical notes with the hanging.

holes I3a so that they also will hang inthe atti-l tude illustrated in Figure 2.

The characters of the character-picture, each having a substantial thickness, give to the character-picture a third dimensional eiect when the i characters are suspendedon a Wall in a picture group arrangement illustrated in Figure 2, thus making the characters appear to stand outfrom the wall, and give to the picture an aesthetic:

effect that can not be obtained by a conventional printed sheet picture hung in a frame.

The character-picture of this invention illustrates only onev form of the invention, but it will be appreciated that other nursery rhymes and other stories can be depicted by group ar rangement of the principal characters of a story or nursery rhyme. Thus all modiiications oi theinvention that fall within the scope of the appended claims are intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A character plaque for association with other character plaques to portray a story by the association of the plaques and adapted for free gravity suspension from a Vsingle point of suspension whereby to establish the plaque` in a determinedfanciful. position relative to the verticaland relative to other plaques associatedin projecting into said body from one side onlyA thereof wherebysaid body closes one end of said opening which is adapted to receive a device for free suspension of the plaque therefrom on a wall, said opening being positioned in said body relative to the center of gravity of the body as hanging on a wall to position the body automatically in a fanciful position relative to the vertical and thereafter retain the position attained. l

2. A character plaque for association with other character plaques -to portray a Story by the association of the plaques and adapted for free gravity suspension from a single point of susto the outline of the character depicted disposed.

on said assemblyy in superposed relation therewith and having an imperforate portion closing one end of said opening in said assembly, said opening being positioned in said assembly relativev to the center of gravity of the assembly as hanging. on a wall to position the assembly automatically in a fanciful position relative to the vertical and thereafter retain the position attained.

, PHILIP A. RILEY.:

REFERENCES CITED The following references are Vof record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain Aug. 27, 1880 

